Homeschooling Saints Podcast Episode 38: The Joy, Art, and Educational Benefits of Read-Alouds with Maureen Wittmann
*This episode originally aired on April 15, 2020

Ever wonder which educational activity will bring you and your family the most enduring and impactful results? Reading aloud to our children can bless them beyond measure, now and throughout their lives. Today’s guest, Maureen Wittmann, has spoken and written extensively on the topic of The Power of Read-Alouds!

Find Maureen here:
https://homeschoolconnections.com/abo...
On Facebook:   / maureenwittmann  
Maureen’s Recommended Read-Aloud Resources: https://homeschoolconnectionsonline.b...

Maureen's book For the Love of Literature, https://catalog.beholdpublications.co...

Authors and books mentioned during this episode:

Sandra Boynton
If I Could Build a Car by Chris Van Dusen 
If I Could Build a House by Chris Van Dusen 
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett 
Narnia series by C. S. Lewis
Hobbit and LOTR by JRR Tolkien
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Madeleine Takes Command by Ethel Brill
Read Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease
E. Nesbit
George McDonald
Madeline
A. A. Milne
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot

Readers Digest article on empathy and fiction reading, https://www.rd.com/article/reading-fi...

Short Feature: Amy Cattapan's Books & Blessings

Today's Topic: 8 Notes to a Nobody, by Cynthia T. Toney
Find Amy here:
https://www.ajcattapan.com/
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